Montana Moves to Guard Montana Grown Alfalfa Seed
Montana officials led by Commissioner Chester C. Davis announce a plan to protect Montana grown alfalfa seed from mislabeling and importation. An inspection service will verify carload origin and require affidavits from growers and shippers to preserve Montana seed reputation.
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United States
Montana Department of Agriculture
Chester C. Davis
Helena
Miles City
Montana
Montana Pure Seed Growers’ Association
Wisconsin
Michigan
North Central
Department of Agriculture
Davis
A. J. Ogaard
Bozeman
M. L. Wilson
Montana State College
State Department of Agriculture
Woman Fights Coyotes With Dish Cloth and Bar
In Pine Hills Mrs. Sam Long defended her chicken yard as coyotes attacked. She used a wet dish cloth, then a iron bar to strike at the predators. The coyotes broke through the netting and escaped through a lowered wire as the scene ended.
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Sam Long
Pine Hills
Mrs. Long
State plans seed identity and sealing system for Montana alfalfa
Montana's department of agriculture and inspectors will tag seal and re inspect alfalfa seed shipments to preserve origin identity from Montana farms to final sellers. A cooperative agreement will track incoming and outgoing quantities and prevent substitutions. The initial carload shipment comes from Custer County to Albert Dickinson Seed Company in Chicago.
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Montana
Inspection Service
Department of Agriculture
War on Animals Aids Stockmen In Predator Control
The article reports 27 195 coyotes 687 timber wolves 2 827 bobcats 173 mountain lions and 114 bears killed by Hunters employed by the federal government across 15 districts including Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Idaho Michigan Montana Nevada New Mexico Oklahoma Oregon South Dakota Texas Utah Washington and Wyoming Under a cooperative plan 25 cents of each state license goes to fund the effort with stockmen benefiting from reduced livestock loss This program started in 1915 and has killed over 400 000 predatory animals with an estimated livestock and game saving value of about 4 000 000.
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M. S. Carpenter
State Sportsmen’s Association
Mr. Carpenter
United States Biological Survey
Congress
Arkansas
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Michigan
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
Carpenter
Biological Survey
Montana Wish and Game Commission
State Game Department
Premium wheat grades spark debate at hearing
Great Falls dealers dispute Billings claims that only No 1 dark northern exists for spring wheat. They assert three elevated grades fancy choice and good, with premiums up to 12 cents a bushel, while rates for No 1 dark northern stand at 87 cents and fancy at 99 cents.
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Great Falls
Wellington D. Rankin
Montana
M. F. Mulroy
Russell Milling Company
Billings
Montana Wool Industry Secures Equal Rail Freight Rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission denied Pacific coast petitions for lower wool rates to the east, eliminating the prior Montana differential. Montana shippers now face freight terms equal to distant rivals, a notable step toward fair treatment and a call for continued battles for all Montana freight.
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Montana
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Pacific Coast
Commission
State Railway and Public Utilities Commissions
This
Rocky Mountain Territory
Intermountain States
Montana Railroad Commissioners
Free Trappers and Indian Tales From the Old West
A vivid reminiscence describes a tavern scene with trappers bragging of hunts and rifles. Jean Baptiste, a North American voyageur, and others recount dangerous journeys from the Mississippi to Taos and California. The tale ends with the death of famed trapper Bill Williams in harsh winter, killed by an Indian’s bullet.
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Monaghahela
Jean Batiste
North
Northwest
Mississippi
Falls
Grand River
Taos
California
Arkansa
Hyar
Bill Williams
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Eaton
Duke Fur Co
Suibine
ST. Louis
Nam Fouke Fur Company
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Montana ‘Commissioners
National Association of Railroad Commissioners
Interstate Commission
National Commission
St. Helens
Centralia
S.L
McKay & Co
St. Paul
Minn
Gombault
Lawrence-Williams Co
Cleveland
Iter
Berkeley
U.ee
Vicks Vapous
Charles O. Robinson
Charles O. Robinson & Co
Clay, Robinson & Co
Robinson
A. W. Thomas
Chicago
A. E. Cross
Calgary
High River
Alberta
Canadian Rockies
Best Rangers
Charles C. Robinson & CO
Omaha
South St. Paul
Hastings, Ned
Chicago, Tl
Koehler, Co
Northwestern Range
New Brighton
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